Got my mum to read me my accomodation offer over the phone to me as i am in Oz at the moment (come back on thurs!). I've been given a Twin Standard at BSH which initially i was a bit vexed with since i had put down a triple as my first choice (i simply cannot afford a life of luxury in a single). Price is £3498 for 38 week let which in hindsight now im happy with as the hall does look very very nice. 78 students so you cant really get a better community feel than that. Plus it has just been refurbished in 2002 so the rooms will be very new. It has a massive TV plus a pool and table football table and another common room with a tv for watching dvds, playing consoles etc.

I'm gettin a transfer down from my job up in Edinburgh here too so that will help with the financial burden too. But hey ho, we're students now!! It's a rite of passage to eat re-heated pizza for breakfast and eat baked beans out of the tin! Im just hoping my room mate doesnt snore! Twin rooms look fairly sized though and i think it will be great having the company.

I'll be studying Chem Eng with year abroad so hopefully there will be some nice french people around that i can practice with!

By the way Edders, did you get a rent freeze from last year in your offer?

We (beit reapps) were supposed to pay last year's price of £128.77, but the accom office have put increased our rent for extra money, and their argument is that 'it's still less than what the freshers are paying'.
If that were the case, they could charge 50p per week less than a fresher's price for a reapp and still argue along the same lines!

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I'd be annoyed if it was. I'm paying a reapp price of £132.80.

By the way Edders, did you get a rent freeze from last year in your offer?

We (beit reapps) were supposed to pay last year's price of £128.77, but the accom office have put increased our rent for extra money, and their argument is that 'it's still less than what the freshers are paying'.
If that were the case, they could charge 50p per week less than a fresher's price for a reapp and still argue along the same lines!

Wow, reapp price of 132! That's quite obscene. Probably more than your loan isn't it? How are you going to live?

My rent is 115, whereas it was 105 last year. They've given me the same line as you; I'm "still paying less than the freshers". I feel sorry for the poor buggers.

I know... after paying for accom i get maybe £20-£30 a week to live on.
Hence I've been slogging away at work all summer... I started the Monday after summer term ended, and I'm finishing the day before reapp week begins a week saturday!
Actually my percentage increase is less than yours, as mine's only gone up by £4...

If only the Union sorted out these ridiculous prices, instead of coming up with a whole load of rubbish ideas about what 'ought to be'. Someone on the grapevine mentioned that Sir R Sykes had something to do with the ridiculous increases!